4 Most Hated Dividend Stocks You Should Know Before You Invest

Shorting stocks is always risky for investors. But it can be a sure way to avoid burning cash when a company's shares crash, making it worth the bet.

Well, it’s not the classic way for dividend growth investors. I've looked at my dividend growth database and noticed that most of the stocks have a low short interest rate and float short.

Today I like to give you an overview what kind of stocks have the highest share of short sellers in their shareholder structure.

These are the 4 highest shorted dividend stocks with a float short of 40 percent or more....

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Best Dividend Paying Shares On July 30, 2013

The best yielding and biggest ex-dividend stocks researched by ”long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. Dividend Investors should have a quiet overview of stocks with upcoming ex dividend dates.

The ex dividend date is the final date on which the new stock buyer couldn’t receive the next dividend. If you like to receive the dividend, you need to buy the stock before the ex dividend date. I made a little screen of the best yielding stocks with a higher capitalization that have their ex date on the next trading day.

A full list of all stocks with payment dates can be found here: Ex-Dividend Stocks July 30, 2013. In total, 42 stocks go ex dividend - of which 17 yield more than 3 percent. The average yield amounts to 4.13%.

Here is the sheet of the best yielding, higher capitalized ex-dividend stocks: 

Company	Ticker	Mcap	P/E	P/B	P/S	Yield
Realty Income Corp.	O	8.66B	62.39	1.94	14.31	4.92%
Bank of Montreal	BMO	41.57B	11.01	1.60	3.18	4.45%
People's United Financial Inc.	PBCT	4.77B	20.86	1.02	4.72	4.27%
Genesis Energy LP	GEL	4.18B	41.85	4.65	0.98	3.96%
Pinnacle West Capital	PNW	6.55B	15.74	1.63	1.95	3.65%
Paychex, Inc.	PAYX	14.32B	25.17	8.08	6.16	3.57%
Hasbro Inc.	HAS	6.14B	19.30	4.21	1.51	3.40%
MeadWestvaco Corporation	MWV	6.41B	37.09	1.91	1.17	2.75%
The Mosaic Company	MOS	22.41B	11.90	1.67	2.25	1.90%
NRG Energy, Inc.	NRG	8.94B	13.11	0.93	1.03	1.73%
Advanced Semiconductor	ASX	6.16B	14.03	1.64	0.92	1.72%
Brookfield Asset Management	BAM	23.29B	20.13	1.35	1.19	1.59%
CARBO Ceramics Inc.	CRR	2.02B	26.21	2.77	3.34	1.36%
The AES Corporation	AES	9.30B	-	2.01	0.52	1.28%
First Republic Bank	FRC	5.59B	13.75	1.80	4.26	1.13%
Casey's General Stores Inc.	CASY	2.57B	23.47	4.27	0.35	1.07%
Aon Corporation	AON	21.41B	21.64	2.83	1.84	1.04%
Zoetis Inc.	ZTS	15.22B	32.72	21.43	3.47	0.85%

18 Fantastic Dividend Stocks Near One-Year Lows

New Breakout Stocks By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. Sometimes it makes sense to observe stocks with an ongoing sell-off. The background is to find stocks with a possible turnaround story and to bet on a strong bull race. Oversold stocks are often traded at new lows but they could recover in a fast way. If the company pays stable dividends, it should increase the expected total return for an investor. However, here is a current screen of high-yield stocks that are close to their 52-Week Lows (up to 5 percent). In order to eliminate stocks with higher risk, I screened only companies with a market capitalization over USD 2 billion. As a result, 18 higher capitalized stocks are near to their 52-week low of which three have a double-digit dividend yield and six are recommended to buy.

18 Best Dividend Paying Basic Material Stocks (High Growth With Low Debt)

Best Dividend Paying Basic Material Stocks Researched By “long-term-investments.blogspot.com”. The basic material sector is a great investment field with fantastic growth potential if the economy starts to recover. The whole sector has a total market capitalization of USD 210.91 trillion and summarizes 604 companies. The average dividend yield amounts to 3.23 percent and the P/E ratio is 13.51.

In order to find the best dividend paying stocks within the sector, I screened all companies with a positive dividend yield, great earnings per share growth of more than 15 percent and an operating margin over 20 percent. To get the best results in terms of low debt and high cash, the debt to equity ratio should be under 0.4. Eighteen basic material companies remained of which three yielding over three percent and sixteen are currently recommended to buy.

15 Of The Best Growing Dividend Achievers

Best Growing Dividend Achievers Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Achievers are stocks with consecutive dividend hikes of more than 10 years. At the moment are 186 companies available which have fulfilled these dividend growth criteria. Growth is a wealth driver. Let’s identify the best growing Dividend Achievers.

I screened the investment category by the stocks with the highest expected growth, measured by an average five year earnings per share growth of at least 15 percent. Exactly 15 stocks remained of which nine are currently recommended to buy.

9 Basic Material Dividend Stocks With Highest Float Short Ratio

Basic Material Dividend Stocks With Highest Short Float Ratio Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Basic material stocks have a higher volatility, especially in times of cyclic economic growth. Investors could benefit from these fluctuations.

At the stock markets are 601 companies linked to the sector with a total market capitalization of USD 275.1 trillion. The average sector yield amounts to 3.19 percent and the average P/E ratio is 14.45. The highest dividend paying industries are nonmetallic mineral mining and oil and gas pipelines.

I screened the sector by dividend stocks with the highest amount of short selling stocks, measured by the float short ratio. The ratio shows how many stocks are shorted by investors. Companies with a high ratio of float short have a little upside potential if investors need to close their short position. Nine dividend stocks from the basic material sector have a float short ratio of more than 25 percent.

14 Dividend Achievers With Lowest Debt

Dividend Achiever With Low Debt Ratios Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. The amount of debt is of huge importance for investors. The debt level is a capital capacity measure and something like a buffer for tough times. If the company gets trouble, big credit lines could help the make sure that the company gets back on track.

I screened the investment category Dividend Achievers (over 10 years of consecutive rising dividends) by stocks with a very low debt to equity ratio (below 0.1). Twenty-two stocks fulfilled these criteria but only fourteen are currently recommended by brokerage firms.

11 Basic Material Dividend Stocks Starting To Boom

Basic Material Dividend Stocks With Improved Earnings Growth Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Basic material stocks are elementary for the economy. What they mine will be processed by downstream companies. The price of commodities leads to growth of the economy; stimulating or slowing down. Basic material stocks can only become to an unbeatable asset at high prices of raw materials.

In order to find some opportunities, I screened the sector by stocks with an earnings and sales growth of more than fifteen percent over the past five years. In order to catch up only those stocks with a gaining earnings momentum, I observed only those stocks with a quarter over quarter sales and earnings per share growth of more than twenty-five percent. Exactly eleven companies fulfilled these criteria of which one is a high yield; nine are recommended to buy.

14 Dividend Contenders With Gaining Earnings Growth Momentum

Dividend Contenders With Improved Earnings Growth Researched By Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Contenders are growth stocks with a huge reliability in terms of dividend payments. They raised distributions over a period of 10-24 consecutive years. 166 companies with such an impressive dividend growth are tradable at the markets.

In order to find some opportunities, I screened the sector by stocks with an earnings growth of more than ten percent (past five years). In order to catch up only those stocks with a gaining earnings momentum, I observed only those stocks with a quarter over quarter sales and earnings per share growth of more than fifteen percent. Exactly fourteen companies fulfilled these criteria of which two are high yields; nine are recommended to buy.

The Cheapest Dividend Contenders With Lowest PEG-Ratio

Dividend Contender With Cheap Price-Earnings To Growth Ratio Researched by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Dividend Contenders are stocks that have raised their distributions for at least 10 years but not more than 24 years. They have a long history of dividend payments and created a lot of trust to shareholders. Out there are 146 stocks with such an impressive development but not all of them are still growing and expensive in terms of growth. I screened all Dividend Contenders by stocks with a low price-earnings to growth ratio (PEG), stocks that have a ratio of less than one. Twelve stocks fulfilled my criteria of which one have a yield above five percent. Ten have a buy or better recommendation.